Public Enemy @ Ogden Theater, Denver CO, 2002-10-02

Here is a show my friend Tom Chaffin captured back in 2002.  Hip-Hop acts are hit or miss for allowing recording in my experience.  But Tom rolled up on this show and asked if he could record and they gave him a soundboard patch.  Amazing.  Chuck states at the beginning "we are recording a live album tonight" which is why this go sat on at the time.  18 years later I'm guessing that is going to happen so here you go.  Time to let it out into the wild.

This show illustrates what has been an ongoing theme with Public Enemy since the start.  Flavor Flav troubles.  Chuck announces early that Flav isn't there because he has been arrested in NYC.  So the recent dust up between Flav and Chuck over playing a Bernie Sanders rally is nothing new.

Not that you really miss Flav not being there in person.  The DJ samples all the main Flav lines live which I image has always been the case. 

This show had PE backed by not only DJ Lord but live drums, guitar, and bass.  They are a bit low in the mix but it does add a lot to the over all impact.  Live hip-hop with just a DJ can seem a little sterile sometimes.

Big thanks to Tom for letting me share this.  Enjoy.


Public Enemy

Ogden Theater
Denver, CO (USA)
2002-10-02

Recorded by: Tom Chaffin
Mastered by: SxPxDxCx
Source: SBD > DAT > CDR
Transfer: CDR > EAC > Audition > CDWave > FLAC
Time:(114:14.11)

01 - intro -
02 Put It Up
03 Welcome To The Terrordome
04 Bring The Noise
05 Son Of A Bush
06 Shut'em Down
07 He Got Game
08 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
09 Revolverlution
10 - Spill the water for Flav -
11 Public Enemy No. 1
12 Give It Up
13 Don't Believe the Hype
14 Rebel Without A Pause
15 By The Time I Get To Arizona (aborted)
16 Fight The Power
17 - Chuck talks guitars -
18 Rock n Roll song medley
19 What Good Is A Bomb
20 Prophets of Rage
21 Can't Truss It
22 Anti-Nigger Machine
23 Do You Wanna Go Our Way
24 - Chuck talks MTV beef -
25 Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need
26 Night Of The Living Baseheads
27 She Watch Channel Zero
28 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)

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Public Enemy live in Englewood, CO 1999-10-17

I recall that this show was on the same night at a Bronco's football game.  The Gothic holds about 1000 people but there wasn't more then a couple hundred that turned out for the show.  Bad for the band but good for me.  No crowd helped me make a really nice recording.

Public Enemy was on the 40th world tour behind the album "There's a Poison Goin' On".  There were keeping it lean and mean so no extra MCs or S1Ws.  Just Chuck D., Flavor Flav, Proffesor Griff & DJ Lord.

Epic 2 hour long set from Public Enemy.  Hitting all the high points of there catalogue up to this point in 1999.

I traded this out a fair amount back in the CDR trading days.  This is a fresh transfer from the original minidiscs and a fresh master and tracking job.  Enjoy.



Public Enemy

Gothic Theater
Englewood, CO
1999-10-17

Recorded & Mastered: SxPxDxCx
Source: Coresound CSB's > Sharp 722 minidisc
Transfer: Sony MDS-JE330 (Analog) > SBLive > Cooledit > CDWave > FLAC
Time: (120:32.02)

01 - intro -
02 Prophets Of Rage
03 Public Enemy No1
04 Can’t Truss It
05 911 Is A Joke
06 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
07 He’s Got Game
08 - Chuck and Flav talking -
09 Here I Go
10 Crayola
11 Crash
12 - DJ Lord jam -
13 Give It Up
14 Don't Believe The Hype
15 - Old and New School -
16  Bring That Beat Back
17 Rebel Without A Pause
18 First The Sheep Than The Shepard
19 By The Time I Get To Arizona
20 Fight The Power
21 Resurrection
22 Miuzi Weighs A Ton
23 - Flavor Flav Intro -
24 What What
25 - Flavor Flav Talks -
26 41:19
27 Welcome to the Terrordome 
28 Bring the Noise
29 Night of the Living Baseheads
30 Shut Em Down
31 Timebomb
32 Cold Lamping
33 Shut Em Down (reprise)
34 Do You Wanna To Go Our Way
35 Brothers Gonna Work It Out
36 - interlude -
37 She Watch Channel Zero
38 Do You Wanna Go Our Way (reprise)
39 - encore -
40 I Can’t Do Nothing For You Man (Flavor acappella)
41 DJ Lord outro

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